Wikipedia:Editor review/Cymru.lass

Cymru.lass
Hi, I'm relatively new-ish to Wikipedia. I got a username 2 to 3 months ago, but had previously been an anonymous editor. I'm putting up this request for review because I want to see how other users would view my contributions. Obviously, I'd be more than a little bit biased if I reviewed myself. I hope that the comments left by other users will enlighten me as to what I'm doing right as well as how to become a better editor. cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 00:29, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

 Questions


 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * I'm kind of an all-around editor for now. I'm quite the nerd, so I'd say my favourite contributions are generally my pet copyediting projects. I'm also a big tool-user (I find them very efficient and almost kind of fun to use), so I use Lupin and Twinkle to revert vandalism (another favourite. Reverting, I mean... not vandalising). I use WikEd to help make editing a more streamlined process. And I use HotCat. That tool helped me complete one of my proudest projects: categorizing articles about roller coasters by year. I guess my other favourite project would be the Guild of Copyeditors' May 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, which was what started my first big editing splurge (for want of a better word). I'm not really a content creator, I prefer to do more behind-the-scenes work.
 * 1) Have you been in any disputes over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * I have yet to enter into any major editing disputes. The closest I have ever come to an editing dispute was when a user (User:OsFan2 objected to my reversion of an edit he made to The Great Khali. He vandalised my userpage and several otehrs' pages and was blocked. I'd like to think that, if faced with a genuine edit dispute, that I'd keep a cool head. I'm really big on remembering that it's not a matter of life and death and respecting others' opinions and knowledge.
 * I have yet to enter into any major editing disputes. The closest I have ever come to an editing dispute was when a user (User:OsFan2 objected to my reversion of an edit he made to The Great Khali. He vandalised my userpage and several otehrs' pages and was blocked. I'd like to think that, if faced with a genuine edit dispute, that I'd keep a cool head. I'm really big on remembering that it's not a matter of life and death and respecting others' opinions and knowledge.

 Reviews 
 * 1) Hello, Cymru.lass. I did a quick review of your contributions, and it seems you have greatly improved since your first days here in the English Wikipedia, when you were starting out and making tiny little edits only to userspace, but that just as quickly went away when you started to get the hang of contributing to articles, it seems. Over time, it seems you went on to become a great asset to Wikipedia, using all sorts of the tools that you've been given to improve articles any way you can. I like the way you edit sometimes, WikiGnome-ish little edits here and there, gaining new experience as you wander throughout the encyclopedia, and even joining the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors backlog elimination drives! However, I'd also like to point out that when you use Twinkle to revert vandalism or whatever, and message the new users, that you once in a while try to write a handwritten note to them instead. It'd feel a bit more like a real person if you used Twinkle and the template messages a little less. Not that I blame you&mdash;I myself am given to using, perhaps to excess as well, these automated features without even thinking about it&mdash;but I would suggest using a more personal response even with the use of the gadgets. :| TelCo  NaSp  Ve :|  04:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)